The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
MEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
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GEORGIA
The Athens Presbytery will convene ir
the Presbyterian church in Elberton to-day
Sheriff j. H. Hall, of Coffee county
took to Brunswick on Saturday night
for safe-lleeping in jail two prisoners
charged with murder.
At Brunswick the steamer Egmont is
about completed The company has spent
good deal of money on her. The trial trip
will be made this week.
At Augusta the directors of the Sibley
factory have declared 3 per cent. semi
annual dividend. the first since the factory
was constructed about six years ago.
Georgia Tisson, who broke Matilda Jones
shoulder blade with brick at Augusta
Sunday, was put under 800 bond Monday
TO appear for trial later on, when the
wounded girl can come out.
The Cherokee Land and Improvement
Company have just opened up two splendid
manganese mines on their property six miles
north of Dalton. These mines promise rich
return, being extensive and Astounding in an
extra quality of ore
The grand jury of this session of Clarke
Superior Court is making things quite lively
Tor the college bows. Several charges for
malicious mischief have been made for
taking off gates, canning dogs, etc, and
several students have in this way been re-
iieved of $50 each to pay costs, etc. Charges
of poker playing have also been made
against many
Passengers who went to Newman Monday
by buggy from Whitesburg reported the
trestle on the west side of the Chattahoochee
blown down for a distance of 100 yards
The wind seems to have been light, but the
timbers in the trestle are said to have been
rotten, and over this death trap the trains
have been constantly running. 1t viii be
days before the trestle can be rebuilt.
Ann Warner, the negro woman who
stabbed w. /. Murray a few days since
and against whom the grand jury returned
a true bill last week, was captured Sunday
morning near the tie camp in Dooly county
and taken TO Americas that night and
lodged in jail. She fed Immediately after
The stabbing and has been at large ever
since until her capture at the time stated.
Mrs. Sarah G.. Jemison has presented to
the Macon library the original surveys of
Houston county They were drawn in 1922,
when Echeconnee was spelled Ichocunno
Rnd Tobesofkee Tobesaufkee. One was
made by B. Tennille and the other by Paul
Mccormick. They are drawn on good
uuality of paper, and with some little skill.
Mr.. Herbst, the librarian, will properly
frame them and place them in the library,
where they can be seen.
There is a white man living near Ameri-
rus who is over 81 years of age, and who has
never in the whole course of his life received
a letter of any kind through the post office
and but two or three newspapers, which
were probably sent out to him as sample
copies He is intelligent and keeps up with
The current events of the day, but it is a
matter of the utmost indifference with him
who handles the mails, or whether the adj
minstration turn the raScals OUT or not
j. E. Cooks circus closed an unsuccessful
season of two weeks in Augusta last Satur
day night, and is financially embarrassed
w. J. Cooney loaned Mr. Cooke $1Si AZ Il
pay board at the Adkins House, and hold
the canvas as security. The company ha'
enough money to carry them to MilledgeVille
where they viii play in the Opera house. Nj
Cooney left with the tent for Macon, wher
the company go to play a short season. Nh
Cooney will travel with the circus until h
RECEIVERS his money.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred a
Hpboken Monday evening at o'clock he
Seen Joe Lanier and Dan Anthony dot
coloredl, caused by a woman. Anthem
claimed her to be his wife Some word
were exchanged, and Anthony pulled on
his revolver and fired three shots at Laniel
one ball taking effect. Lanier returned tn
fire and shot Anthony in the left breast
Both men were taken to Blackshear on til
so; 10 train, under guard OF l.. L. Thoma
snd others. Anthony is not expected l.
1--we
8 ~ The latest freak of she students at Athens i
, boycott against Rush's drug store and sod,
4 sater fountain. The cause of the boycott
/. 3 not to the citizens generally, but it seem
81 ~ be that Rush assisted the baliff 90
clarke Superior Court to serve a subppni
s b certain student to attend court and an
EHver to a charge of poker playing. Rush
oda water fountain has been well patron
81 bed by the students to such an extent tina
BE- was compelled to order q very large foun
& 1ain, costing $1,000, to accommodate hi
Trade. This ungracious act of involving on
OF the boys in law suit completely stirret
the students to anger, and a boycott was a
once declared by the Grand Master. Hence
forth no student will give penny's trade h
Rush.
At Atlanta Monday Col Samuel Barnett
OF Washington, visited the Department o
Agriculture and left a single that illus
trates the great durability of Middle Geor
gia pine. 1t is from the roof of the smoke
house on the place built by Gov Talbot TO
his son-in-law, Capt. Creswell, in 1854 TIL
place is in Wilkes county, six or seve
miles from Washington. The dwelling
said to be in good general condition, an
the roof of the smokehouse, though neve
recovered, is comparatively still free fror
leaks. The single in the department bear
time, but is still in a good state of preserva
ton. There are three nails in it. They ar
of wrought iron, and have stood the rava
ges OF time equally as well
Caleb Griffin, who lives in the Twenty
eighth district, about ten miles from Amer
Gus, can say something about himself tha
few men can who have always lived as nea
town as he. He is AZ years old, was Dor
and reared in Sumter, and has ALWAYS live
near his present home, but in all this tim
he has never spent a night in the city, @
even seen the stores lighted up for busine,
before one night during the past week, whe
he was out with the jury who had chung
on case until IL was too late for him To Q
home. There are few men who have ever Ii,
Ell within an hour'sride of a city like Ameri
Gus and successfully resisted for forty-tw
years the temptation 10 view the elephau
confined within its limits, and which can b
seen TO the greatest advantage by moonlight
Secretary Fairchild has selected the lot a
the corner of Greene and Ninth Tor Canr
bell streets for the location Of the publ
building in Augusta. This selection wa
made IN accordance with the recommends
ton Of Special Agent Linton, who visitet
Augusta some time ago for that purpose
Tho lot selected is that owned by G.. A
Platt, fronting 30 feet on Ninth street b
40 ~ on Greene street, price $40. 900 Nj
Linton recommended 10 some time ago. bu
the Secretary DELAYED action several dav